Author: Zachary Gulino
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Gospel Star Wess Morgan Signs Distribution Deal with Beatroot Music
September 3, 2020 (Memphis, TN) – Beatroot Music, the only Black-owned music distributor in the U.S. and part of the Made in Memphis Entertainment (MIME) family of companies, has signed a distribution deal with Gospel star Wess Morgan. Morgan is among the first Gospel artists to sign with Beatroot, helping to…
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A2IM Featured Executive: Renisha Mayes, Made in Memphis Entertainment
This week’s A2IM Featured Executive Column featured MIME’s General Manager, Renisha Mayes! Renisha Mayes is the General Manager of MIME Records, which is a part of Made in Memphis Entertainment (MIME), a Black-owned multi-million-dollar music entertainment entity and suite of music technology companies working in the United States and Europe.…
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Music Ally: Music Ally Startup Files: Mime takes the music business hyper-local
Music Ally put a spotlight on Made in Memphis Entertainment and how they’re disrupting the music industry and reshaping the Memphis music scene. Made In Memphis Entertainment (Mime), launched in 2015, has a quietly radical idea at its core: ‘disruptive decentralisation’. It’s about creating a root-and-branch alternative to the traditional music…
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Music Biz Weekly Podcast: Ep. 434 How to Develop Diverse Talent and Leadership with Tony Alexander
Tony Alexander was this week’s guest on the Music Biz Weekly Podcast discussing leadership and development in music companies. This week we are joined by Tony Alexander, Co-Founder, President, and Managing Director of Made in Memphis Entertainment (MIME), a Black-owned full-service music and entertainment company with global reach, but with…
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Jaybird August 2020 Newsletter
Welcome to our new client: MIME! Made in Memphis Entertainment (MIME) is a Black-owned full-service entertainment company with global reach, but with its heart in the hometown of modern American music. Their family of companies includes everything from an independent record label (MIME Records) to a music publishing company (MIME Publishing),…
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Mix Magazine: Mix Blog Studio: 4U Recording Helps Uplift Memphis Music
Mix Magazine put a spotlight on MIME’s recently built world-class 4U Recording space, serving artists in Memphis to re-energize their music community. In recent years, the city of Memphis has made a concerted effort to revitalize its music industry, which used to be a much more significant part of the…
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Downtown Music Holdings Joins DDEX As Charter Member of DDEX
CTO of Downtown Subsidiary Appointed to Board 6 August 2020 – DDEX, the international standards-setting organization dedicated to improving the exchange of data and information across the music industry, announced today that Downtown Music Holdings (Downtown) has joined as a Charter member of the organization. Downtown, which owns and operates…
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Memphis Business Journal: Guest column by Memphis exec: Entire C-suite should act as diversity officers
Tony Alexander from MIME wrote an op-ed published in the Memphis Business Journal discussing how the role of diversity officer shouldn’t be falling on one person, and it’s the responsibility of everyone at a company to be a steward of diversity. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are not just good for…
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Jaybird May 2020 Newsletter
Word from a Bird “’Hope’ is the thing with feathers –That perches in the soul –And sings the tune without the words –And never stops – at all –“ – Emily Dickinson It seems like we’re all finding new rhythms to deal with our days, and slowly, hopefully safely, things…
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Billboard: Executive Turntable: Kobalt Names New SVP of Synch, Monument Adds Promotion Team
Billboard’s Executive Turntable Column included the news that Jeff King was named the Chair of DDEX’s Board. Jeff King, chief operating and corporate development officer of Canadian performance rights organization SOCAN, has been named chair of the board of DDEX, the international standards-setting organization dedicated to improving the exchange of data…